| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP14932 |
| DP14932 Gender Roles and the Gender Expectations Gap | |
| Francesco D'Acunto; Ulrike M. Malmendier; Michael Weber | |
| 发表日期 | 2020-06-24 |
| 出版年 | 2020 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | Expectations about economic variables vary systematically across genders. In the domain of inflation, women have systematically higher expectations than men. We argue that traditional gender roles are a significant factor in generating this gender expectations gap as they expose women and men to different economic signals in their daily lives. Using unique data on the participation of men and women in household grocery chores, their resulting exposure to price signals, and their inflation expectations, we document a tight link between the gender expectations gap and the distribution of grocery shopping duties. Since grocery prices are highly volatile, and consumers focus disproportionally on positive price changes, frequent exposure to grocery prices increases perceptions of current inflation and expectations of future inflation. We show that the gender expectations gap is largest in households whose female heads are solely responsible for grocery shopping, whereas no gap arises in households in which grocery shopping is split equally between men and women. We discuss how gender roles, through the gender expectations gap, can lead women to suboptimal economic choices. |
| 主题 | Financial Economics ; Labour Economics |
| 关键词 | Gender gap Expectations Perceptions Experiences Exposure |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp14932 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/543875 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Francesco D'Acunto,Ulrike M. Malmendier,Michael Weber. DP14932 Gender Roles and the Gender Expectations Gap. 2020. |
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